Overview
- Kishor moved from his Patna residence to the Bihar Navnirman Ashram on Tuesday night and told reporters he will live there until the next assembly polls.
- The party is developing the site near IIT‑Patna on roughly 15 bighas of leased land with basic structures in place and construction expected to finish in three to four months.
- Jan Suraaj will run meetings, training and outreach from the ashram as part of a deliberate regroup after the party’s poor showing in the last assembly election when it failed to win seats and lost many deposits.
- From the new base Kishor has stepped up public criticism of Bihar leaders, accusing Nitish Kumar of nepotism in his son’s elevation and condemning Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary’s alleged extravagance.
- Kishor has also linked international tensions to local risks by warning of possible petrol and diesel price jumps and a fertiliser shortfall, a line he is using to frame Jan Suraaj’s economic message to voters.